Table No. CLXV., SHOWING the PROPORTION of each NATIONALITY, PERSONS, MALES, FEMALES, to the TOTAL MALE and FEMALE POPULATION, at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1861, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1886, and 1891 respectively.
BIRTHPLACES. 1891. 1886. 1881. 1876. 1871. 1868. 1864. 1861.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Queensland 44.95 39.82 51.69 38.43 32.85 46.44 40.39 34.76 48.38 33.92 28.23 42.67 30.32 25.78 37.05 23.25 19.18 29.56 15.61 12.76 20.04 20.64 17.01 26.15
New South Wales 4.32 4.57 3.99 4.44 4.54 4.26 4.72 4.68 4.78 7.00 6.84 7.25 9.10 8.67 9.75 *7.71 7.32 8.30 9.78 8.87 11.19 10.88 9.57 12.88
Victoria 1.87 2.19 1.50 2.03 2.28 1.69 1.47 1.47 1.45 1.18 0.98 1.49 0.66 0.53 0.86
South Australia 0.37 0.43 0.22 0.38 0.44 0.30 0.23 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.20 0.10 0.09 0.11
Western Australia 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.02
New Zealand 0.28 0.31 0.34 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.44 0.47 0.39 0.12 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.05
Tasmania 0.26 0.30 0.19 0.26 0.30 0.21 0.27 0.30 0.22 0.43 0.48 0.35 0.26 0.28 0.23
Australia (Colony not named) 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.05
England and Wales 19.61 20.45 18.48 20.45 20.97 19.68 17.51 18.04 16.69 20.89 21.49 19.98 21.89 23.48 19.54 25.47 27.19 22.78 29.64 31.96 26.03 28.84 31.86 24.26
Scotland 5.69 6.04 5.23 6.18 6.52 5.67 4.65 4.85 4.38 5.41 5.59 5.14 7.13 7.43 6.69 8.47 8.77 8.01 9.89 10.05 9.65 8.29 8.78 7.56
Ireland 10.93 10.00 12.20 12.51 11.47 14.01 13.25 11.85 15.26 14.36 12.95 16.52 17.46 16.08 19.51 20.40 18.68 23.07 21.81 20.57 23.76 18.42 16.34 21.59
Other British Possessions 0.15 0.21 0.08 0.22 0.29 0.12
British Subjects (Birthplace not stated) 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
France 0.10 0.14 0.05 0.12 0.16 0.06 0.16 0.21 0.09 0.17 0.22 0.09 0.16 0.22 0.07 0.18 0.25 0.09 0.17 0.23 0.07 0.19 0.21 0.15
Germany 3.79 3.89 3.65 4.41 4.40 4.43 5.45 5.50 5.38 5.71 5.78 5.60 6.93 7.53 6.03 7.67 8.32 6.65 7.15 8.24 5.45 7.07 8.62 4.71
Italy 0.11 0.18 0.03 0.10 0.14 0.04 0.12 0.17 0.05 2.13 2.47 1.58 0.07 0.12 0.01
Austria 0.06 0.08 0.03 0.07 0.09 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.02
Denmark 0.75 0.88 0.65 0.89 0.99 0.76 1.04 1.15 0.89 0.46 0.58 0.28
Belgium 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.83 1.06 0.51
Sweden and Norway 0.50 0.67 0.27 0.86 1.24 0.31 0.46 0.58 0.28
Netherlands 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.01
Russia 0.07 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.01
Spain 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.63 0.87 0.26
Portugal 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
Other Countries in Europe 0.17 0.22 0.11 0.27 0.36 0.14
Canada 0.10 0.13 0.05 0.12 0.16 0.06 0.22 0.27 0.14 0.20 0.25 0.13 0.41 0.53 0.23 0.20 0.27 0.11 0.18 0.25 0.09 0.14 0.18 0.06
United States 0.11 0.15 0.06 0.14 0.19 0.07 0.16 0.21 0.10 0.23 0.30 0.11 0.18 0.22 0.11 0.32 0.42 0.17 0.26 0.36 0.09 0.31 0.45 0.09
Other States in America 0.15 0.20 0.09 0.15 0.19 0.09 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.09 0.12 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.02
India (Born of White Parents) 0.14 0.16 0.11 0.17 0.19 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.11 0.21 0.28 0.12 0.23 0.29 0.14 0.62 0.68 0.54 †0.41 0.51 0.24 0.39 0.51 0.23
India (Natives) 0.11 0.18 0.00 0.19 0.32 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.01
China (Born of White Parents) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 5.27 8.96 0.04 6.01 9.90 0.02 2.75 4.60 0.00 2.63 4.32 0.02 1.02 1.68 1.79 2.97 0.01
China (Natives) 2.16 3.79 0.02 3.24 5.48 0.03
Japan (Born of White Parents) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01
Japan (Natives) 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
Other Countries in Asia 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.11 0.18 0.01
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 0.30 0.48 0.05 0.34 0.54 0.04
Cape of Good Hope 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.03 0.08 0.09 0.07
Gold Coast 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Zanzibar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
Other Parts of Africa 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.02
Polynesia (Born of White Parents) 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.02 2.99 4.78 0.44 2.95 4.70 0.25 1.94 3.14 0.17 1.54 2.53 0.02
Polynesia (Natives) 2.36 3.79 0.44 3.11 4.79 0.69
Other Countries not previously named 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.16 0.06 0.31 0.36 0.25 0.00 0.01 0.76 1.11 0.21 1.34 1.89 0.48 1.33 1.82 0.59
At Sea, British Subjects 0.20 0.19 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.27 0.25 0.22 0.31
At Sea, Foreign Subjects 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.06
Birthplace Unspecified 0.09 0.12 0.06 0.16 0.22 0.07 0.25 0.34 0.14 0.36 0.46 0.21 0.16 0.23 0.05 0.34 0.49 0.08 0.79 0.82 0.74 0.58 0.66 0.45
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